BY Serge LOUNGOU Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea is 82 and has been in power for 45 years. Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo, 79, has held on to power for 40...

BY IRUNGU HOUGHTON Monday 12 August is World Elephant Day. Until last November, Kenya and Tanzania have taken a joint policy approach to protect these massive mammals who freely cross...

BY XN IRAKI President William Ruto's new Cabinet was sworn in on Thursday, August 8, at State House Nairobi. Among those sworn in was former ODM chairman and nominated MP...

BY JOHN MAKUM MBAKU In June 2024, many Kenyans took to the streets to protest what they believed were punitive taxes imposed by President William Ruto’s government. Though the President...

BY AGNES GITAU Ethiopia is undergoing a profound economic transformation as a result of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's announcement of a comprehensive macroeconomic overhaul on July 28. This bold and...

President Willaim Ruto on Tuesday nominated Beatrice Askul Moe as the next East African Community Affairs (EAC) and Regional Development Cabinet Secretary. In the communication by Head of Public Service Felix...

Kenya and Djibouti on Monday, July 29, formally presented the candidatures of their respective nationals for the African Union Commission chairperson in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In an announcement by Foreign...

By AMB BITANGE NDEMO AND IRENE WAKESHO Africa faces significant challenges in selling carbon credits globally. Several sources indicate that the continent struggles to sell its carbon credits due to...

President William Ruto was on Wednesday at pains to explain his double speak regarding his position on African leaders being summoned for conferences in developed countries. In an interview on...

BY NASONGO MULIRO At the climax of Kenyan President William Ruto’s state visit to the US, American President Joe Biden named Kenya as a “major non-NATO Ally” (MNNA), the first...